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Work & commute · Thompson

Work & commute in Thompson, OH

Most working residents leave Thompson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mentor (9%), Cleveland (9%) and Willoughby (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
34 of 980 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 946 Thompson residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thompson.

946live here, work elsewhere
34live and work here
263work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Thompson goes to work

Mentor-on-the-LakeChardonPainesvilleWilloughbyEuclidMentorClevelandHambdenMontvillePainesvilleClaridonTrumbullConcordLeroyThompsonMunsonMadisonPerryMentorClevelandWilloughbyChardonPainesvilleEuclidConcordMunsonMadisonThompson
1
Mentor14.3 mi away
9%93
2
Cleveland34.9 mi away
9%89
3
Willoughby18.5 mi away
5%49
4
Chardon10.2 mi away
4%42
5
Thompson (in town)right here
3%34
6
Painesville10.8 mi away
3%31
7
Euclid24.5 mi away
3%29
8
Concord9.2 mi away
3%29
9
Munson14 mi away
3%29
10
Madison12.2 mi away
3%27
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%528

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Thompson commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

17%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Thompson is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident
A commuter town

0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Thompson are

297 jobs are based in Thompson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thompson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thompson

297 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities32%
Services (health, schools, offices…)36%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Thompson residents hold

980 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+21%

Jobs based in Thompson, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 297. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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